This collection includes theses and dissertations as well as some capstone projects and Master’s projects. The Digital Institutional Repository contains most RIT theses; however, not all past works have been digitized. If you are seeking a specific thesis and do not see it here, please contact the RIT Archives Collections.
All theses and dissertations from 2010 to the present are also available to Rochester Institute of Technology faculty, students and staff from ProQuest.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Evaluation of ecotourism in Armenia, Narine Yeghoyan
Impact of Instant Connectivity on Business Productivity: A Study Using the Community Embodiment Model (CEM), Humayun Zafar
Effect of Added C4-Alcohols on the Structure of Microemulsion Droplets Measured by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering., Elvis A. Zambrano
Deaf international students at RIT/NTID and their perceptions about learning English, Argiroula Zangana
Effectiveness of Preflighting Software in a Design Workflow, Gregory S. Zolan
Innards, Mclain Zylwitis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Deceit of internet hate speech: A Study of the narrative and visual methods used by hate groups on the Internet, Gina M. Albano
Delivering video services over IP networks, Huda Al-Habsi
Institutional development of Water Users Associations in Kyrgyzstan, Aida Alymbaeva
Live Action Thesis Report "The Lost Art of Tuning Out", Scott Anzalone
Data hiding in images based on fractal modulation and diversity combining, Sarat B. Atluri
CFD analysis and validation for solution to micro air vehicle airframes, Taher I. Attari
Computer Aided Design of the Pipelined Interconnect Free Logic, Vaibhav Avachat
Visual Design Systems for Music Education, Andrew D. Baker
Experimental study of flow patterns, heat transfer, pressure drop and gravitational orientation during flow boiling in minichannels, Prabhu Balasubramanian
High-resolution, slant-angle scene generation and validation of concealed targets in DIRSIG, Kris E. Barcomb
Modeling periodic blade stresses due to stator-rotor interactions using computational fluid dynamics, Lisa M. Barrett
But what do they think it means? The Text/image relationship in informational communication, Nicole E. Bartell
Code, Konstantinos Batalamas
Practical Applications of Design Semiotics, Amy Bendall
Digitally tunable low noise amplifier, Mohamed Benmansour
Development of a human visual system with the ability to detect inconsistent events, Jeremiah D. Brazeau
Assessment / audit system, Nicholas Bucciarelli
An Adaptive estimation scheme for reducing communications in a distributed control implementation, Aaron Burry
Making a Case Study for the Real Business Value of ISO 14001 Implementation in the Automotive Industry, Chemical Industry and Small Business, Heather L. Butler
Running Header: Video Game Product Placements, Christopher Cameron
Persuasion by association: A Content analysis of cigarette advertisements aimed at the youth market, Pamela L. Carmichael
CULTUS: The Church, the family, and the art-saint, Rebekah Carmichael
Support Vector Machines in a real time tracking architecture, Benjamin Castaneda
What Happened Thursday, Anastasia Cerankosky
Feature Partitioning for the Co-Traning Setting, Vineet Chaoji
At dusk, Hyeyoung Cheon
A study into the utilization of value-added services in commercial printing companies, Kalpana Chhita
Body/Landscape, Ju Yi Chia
Conversation with my art on self-expression, Yeo-Jung Chung
Sam Patch strategy, Kelley Coady
Tangerine sours, Gisèle N. Couturier
Forecasting hospital bed availability using computer simulation and neural networks, Matthew J. Daniels
Evaluating the Usability and Security of Wireless Networks, George E. Danilovics III
Adhesion of copper to Teflon® FEP and PFA surfaces modified by vacuum UV photo-oxidation downstream from Ar microwave plasma, Wagner Dasilva
Dynamic input match correction in R.F. low noise amplifiers, Tejasvi Das
The art and business of medical legal illustration, Jeff Davis
Genetic algorithms in cryptography, Bethany Delman
Effective crisis intervention in the school: The Role of training, experience, and self-efficacy on school psychologists' ability to intervene, Erica J. Deming
Adhesion of copper to polytetrafluoroethylene surfaces modified with vacuum UV radiation downstream from He and Ar microwave plasmas, Hrishikesh R. Desai
Multiframe Super-Resolution of Color Image Sequences Using a Global Motion Model, Gabriel Dore
Hamchilla and Kill Monkey Otaru in: The Island of Dr. Gno, Gregory J. Dorman
Color quality - A visual comparison between IQ colour and ICC based color management, Anirban Dutta
Laser vaporization synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes, Jeffrey M. Elich
Design and Simulation of a MEMS Long Distance Traveling Micro-Actuator, Younes Elkacimi
Emotional Recogition Ability among Incarcerated Youth, Aubrey S. Elmore
Multi-timeline randomized story based web animation, Jonathan Fahnestock
Teaching Color Strategies, Carol Fillip
Interaction and Motion, Reagan Furqueron
Faulty femininity, Kristin Gleason
Performance estimation techniques for micro-heterogeneous computing systems, Mikhail Goltsman
Fractured women: The Psychological effects of rape, Robin Grabinski
Revealing at the unraveling, Marie Florence Griffin
The Persuasive Image, George D. Grove
Synthesis of styrene and acrylic emulsion polymer systems by semi-continuous seeded polymerization processes, Lynley H. Guckian
Process evaluation, Claudia V. Guerrero
Design of a Two-Sensor Camera for Near-Finfrared Aeiral Remote Sensing, Sergio O. Guevara
The Effects of Object Weight and Three-Dimensional Movement on Human Movement Time and Fitts' Law, Kyle T. Hagadorn
Concurrent evolution of feature extractors and modular artificial neural networks, Victor Hannak
Unbidden Pilgrimage, Naomi Hart
An analysis of the consistency of brand color reproduction in print packaging and magazine advertising, Seunga Kang Ha
A menu driven, user friendly interface to UNIX, Mary Hayward
Designing risk messages in response to human-caused disasters, Michael E. Hellinger
Intrinsic motivation in the classroom: Increasing learning and retention, Emily K. Hesek
The application of proteomics to Pseudomonas putida F1, Han Hoang
Design, fabrication, and testing of a miniature impulse turbine driven by compressed gas, Daniel B. Holt
Domestic chair, Wei-Mien Hsu
Lorem Ipsum, a story about words and pictures: What they can do, and what they can't, David Huth
Swimming with the fishes: Fish as a transformational symbol, Deale A. Hutton
Enhanced spectral modeling of sparse aperture imaging systems, Robert E. Introne
Automatic error recovery using P3 response verification for a brain-computer interface, Samuel A. Inverso
Image sequence restoration by median filtering, Shawn R. Jackson
Memory fix, Christopher James Jordan
A Concept that invites a personal definition, Christopher Kanyusik
Technology management in the effective implementation of change, Molly B. Kearns
Knowledge management in a research & development environment - The Integration of company culture and technology, Duncan Y. Kemp
Interdisciplinary collaboration in graphic design, Jill M. Kepler
Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) in the pharmaceutical industry, Amgad Khalil
Up, Hardeep Kharbanda
Embedded charge for microswitch applications, Joanna Kiljan
Acoustic signature for chaos and fractal geometries, Obadiah M. Kilonzo
avatar, Sean Kirchhoff
The muddy trail, Jonathan Kohles
Internal organizational communication during crisis situations: the effect of supportive messages on employee stress levels, Carin L. Kosmoski
Teachers' receptions of facilitators and barriers to inclusion: A Regional survey, Hillary Kretz-Harvey
The computer-aided design of nano-scaled digital circuits, Frank Alva Krueger
Into the park, Joel Lederer
Models of statistical self-similarity for signal and image synthesis, Seungsin Lee